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Essays 271 - 300
A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...
isolates him from true intimacy. For example, when his wife walks past him, Gabriel longs "to run after her noiselessly, catch her...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...
of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...
this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...
other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...
woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...
she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...
life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...
a lady....
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...
who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...
Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...
In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...
of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...
In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...
The writer analyzes the short story Chac-Mool by Carlos Fuentes, and argues that it is representative of his style. The paper is f...
The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...
on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...
An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...